US6268832B1 - Radio antenna for vehicle window - Google Patents

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US6268832B1
US6268832B1 US08/809,290 US80929097A US6268832B1 US 6268832 B1 US6268832 B1 US 6268832B1 US 80929097 A US80929097 A US 80929097A US 6268832 B1 US6268832 B1 US 6268832B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/1271—Supports; Mounting means for mounting on windscreens
    • H01Q1/1278—Supports; Mounting means for mounting on windscreens in association with heating wires or layers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/84—Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields
    • H05B3/86—Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields the heating conductors being embedded in the transparent or reflecting material

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  • the present invention relates to antennas.
  • the antennas to which this invention relates will most typically find application in a vehicle and can be used for VHF radio reception in the range of 76-110 MHz.
  • antennas of the present invention may be used in other circumstances and other ranges (VHF otherwise) and are not restricted to use with audio broadcasts.
  • a motor vehicle being a cage of metal, is internally largely shielded from external radio signals. It is thus necessary to provide an antenna for a radio receiver operating within the vehicle.
  • antennas for motor vehicles comprise a metal mast or rod which projects, in use, from the vehicle body.
  • Such antennas in their broadest sense, will be referred to herein as window mounted antennas.
  • window mounted antennas are not universally used is that their cost is greater than the equivalent metal mast or rod antenna. This has not been due to the cost of providing a special glass pane; this is negligible. Rather, this has been due to the cost of the interface circuitry required. Most particularly, the interface circuitry has included active components for amplification of the signal received to a level suitable for feeding to a radio receiver.
  • window mounted antennas which conventionally include active components
  • the signal-to-noise ratio of the output from such antennas has not been as good as that of traditional mast types.
  • the primary aim of the present invention is to provide a window mounted antenna, particularly but not exclusively for VHF reception in cars, which has a lower cost and better performance than has hitherto been available.
  • a window mounted antenna will be disadvantaged through being mounted within a conductive surround of uncontrolled behaviour at radio frequencies.
  • a rear screen of a vehicle has properties similar to a slot, in a ground plane, but its resonance properties are uncontrolled and correspond only by coincidence with frequencies of signals to be received.
  • attempts have been made to improve the signal derived from a disadvantageously disposed antenna.
  • this has constituted an appeasement of the symptoms of inherent deficiencies rather than any attempt to remove them.
  • an antenna for receiving radio signals in a vehicle within a desired frequency range comprising an array of conductive elements disposed on a window pane, characterised in that the elements are disposed to define a radio reception zone between boundary conductive paths, each boundary conductive path being a part of a respective loop tuned to resonate at a frequency within the desired frequency range, the boundary conductive paths isolating the reception zone from the periphery of the pane to mitigate the effects on the receptor zone of image current flowing in the periphery of the aperture and such that the antenna is favourably matched to radio signals within the desired frequency range.
  • the applicants have been able to provide an antenna which generates from the outset signals which are of high quality.
  • the signals can be of sufficient magnitude to be useable by a radio receiver without amplification.
  • the elements are disposed such that a reception zone is created in the array which at least partially compensates for the effects of canceling image currents in the conductive material of the vehicle.
  • the reception zone can be configured as required to of-far high quality reception of signals.
  • a connection may conveniently be made to one or more elements within the reception zone from which connection an output signal is obtained.
  • the reception zone may be defined between a pair of boundary conductive paths, each of which is part of a conductive loop tuned to resonate at a frequency within the desired reception range,
  • Each of such loops advantageously has an external connection (for example, to a surrounding vehicle body) of low impedance at a frequency within the desired reception range.
  • the external connection can, for example, comprise a series-resonant circuit, or an open-circuit (1+2n) ⁇ /4 transmission line, to implement a short circuit at the frequency of operation. (Alternatively, a short circuit transmission time of n ⁇ /2 may be used.)
  • Such transmission lines have the advantage that they can be formed as a conductive path on the window pane.
  • the connection advantageously is of high impedance to low frequencies and to DC.
  • Each boundary conductive path is preferably connected to the respective connection to the vehicle body through multiple conductive paths, these multiple paths each being of length approximately one quarter of the wavelength of a signal to be received while propagating within the window pane. These multiple paths are conveniently substantially parallel to one another and the boundary conductive path comprises elements interconnecting adjacent ones of the multiple paths.
  • the multiple paths are typically formed by heating elements for the window pant.
  • the boundary conductive path conveniently comprises a plurality of conductive elements interconnecting adjacent heating elements.
  • the interconnecting elements are advantageously disposed such that they interconnect points of substantially equal potential of the electrical heating supply. In this way, substantially no heating current will flow through them, allowing them to be formed as fine conductors.
  • typically all of the conductive paths are formed by printing or deposition onto the pane.
  • the invention provides a glass pane for a vehicle comprising an array of conductive elements disposed to constitute a heater for the pane and an antenna for receiving radio signals of a desired range of frequencies; the array comprising a plurality of parallel heating elements extending between a pair of bus bars, and a plurality of interconnecting elements each extending between adjacent heating elements, the interconnecting elements being disposed to be at a high impedance locus for signals in the desired range with respect to a connection point on one of the busbars.
  • Such a glass pane may be fitted to a motor vehicle during manufacture to provide that vehicle with an antenna for receiving radio broadcasts.
  • the distance from a connection point along the conductive path defined by the busbars and the heating elements to each interconnecting element may typically be approximately one quarter of the wavelength of the signals of the desired frequency propagating within the glass pane, although other distances may be used and compensated for in the design. It is to be remembered that such signals will be propagating at a speed substantially less than (for example 60% of) their speed in free space.
  • the array of conductors typically includes an output conductive element connected to an approximately central part of one or more of the heating elements or two or more output elements that are later electronically combined. They may be symmetrically placed on the screen.
  • a terminal may be connected to the output conductive element or combined conductive elements as the case may be, from which a signal is fed to a radio receiver.
  • the array may include a conductive strip extending form each connection point adjacent one or more edges of the pane to act as a transmission line.
  • there may be a further conductive element to constitute a capacitive coupling member which may typically comprise a T-shaped or L-shaped element connected to one of the heating elements, the crossbar of the T or L being disposed adjacent to an edge of the pane.
  • a glass pane embodying this aspect of the invention may comprise a conductive strip constituting a phase adjustment member operative to concentrate the net signal currents in the centre of the screen.
  • busbars of a glass pane as defined above are advantageously tuned to resonate within the desired frequency range.
  • the invention provides a vehicle incorporating a pane of glass according to the second aspect of the invention for use as a radio antenna.
  • the invention provides an antenna for receiving broadcast VHF radio signals in a vehicle the antenna comprising:
  • an array of conductive elements formed an a window pane of the vehicle, the array comprising first and second busbars extending close to respective opposite edges of the pane;
  • each interconnecting element extending between adjacent heating elements, the interconnecting elements being approximately in two curved loci each disposed around a respective one of said connections of low impedance, and each locus being defined by the path length from the respective connection of low impedance, along the busbar to which that connection is made, and thence along each heating element to the interconnecting element being a distance of ⁇ /4+n ⁇ /2) where n ⁇ 0 and ⁇ is the wavelength of a signal to be received while that signal is propagating within the window pane;
  • T-shaped or L-shaped element connected to one of the heating elements, she crossbar of the T or L being disposed adjacent an edge of the pane.
  • FIG. 1 shows a rear screen heater for a car incorporating an antenna embodying the invention
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are respectively first and second alternative arrangements for a low-impedance connection for earthing points in embodiments of the invention
  • FIG. 4 shows a rear screen for a vehicle being a second embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a Smith chart of the performance of the antenna of FIG. 4 .
  • an embodiment of the invention comprises a glass rear screen 1 (known in the art as “a heated backlite”) for a car on which an array of conductive elements is formed in a manner conventionally used to form a rear screen heater.
  • a heated backlite for a car on which an array of conductive elements is formed in a manner conventionally used to form a rear screen heater.
  • the array comprises a pair of busbars 10 which are generally parallel and spaced apart to be disposed adjacent to opposite edges of the screen 1 .
  • the busbars 10 are interconnected by a multiplicity of heating elements 14 , these being generally parallel and meet the busbars at a regular spacing.
  • a DC voltage derived from the electrical system of the vehicle can, by means of a user control, be selectively applied across the busbars 10 , this causing a heating current to flow in the heating elements 14 , with the effect of clearing frost or mist from the screen 1 .
  • the array constitutes a conventional heated screen arrangement.
  • the structure also operates as an antenna for receiving radio transmissions within a desired frequency range, in this embodiment, the VHF range of 67-110 MHz.
  • Each busbar 10 is connected at a respective point A to the vehicle body through a path of low impedance to signals within the desired frequency range.
  • connection is made through a series-resonant circuit 16 , comprising a series-connected capacitor and inductor, to the vehicle body at 18 .
  • the series-resonant circuit is tuned to resonate within the desired frequency range, such that the series-resonant circuit 16 provides a low-impedance path to the vehicle body for signals of such frequencies, but is effectively open-circuit for DC signals.
  • a series of interconnecting conductive elements 20 are provided which interconnect adjacent heating elements 14 .
  • the interconnecting elements 20 are disposed such that they interconnect points on the heating elements which are of a distance traced along a conductive path of typically 0.25 ⁇ from the point A of a busbar 10 .
  • this is typically the point at which DC power is supplied to the heater, and symmetrically the point at the DC path to the vehicle earth.
  • ⁇ is the wavelength of signals to be received as they propagate in the glass pane.
  • the interconnecting elements 20 are disposed on two loci, each centred on a respective point A.
  • the interconnecting elements 20 are disposed transversely to the heating elements 14 so as to interconnect points of substantially equal DC potential arising from the heating current. In this way substantially no current flows through them, so minimising their interference with the heating effect of consequent interference with vision) to be minimised.
  • Each point A has associated with it a respective plurality of interconnecting elements 20 , This divides the entire array into three regions, the centre of which 22 constitutes a receiving zone for signals of the desired frequency.
  • the closed loop provided from each point A, through the interconnecting elements is a half-wave resonant structure. It has been found that the structure of the outer zones 24 serves to isolate the receiving zone 22 from the effects of the surrounding vehicle, allowing it to operate substantially as a slot antenna.
  • An output conductive element 26 is connected to a centre point on two of the lowermost heating elements 14 .
  • the output element 26 is connected to a suitable terminal at which connection is made to a co-axial feed wire 28 to carry a received radio signal to a radio receiver.
  • a series resonant circuit is a constituted by a resonant conductive element formed as part of the array connected to the busbar at a point A.
  • the resonant strip comprises a first region 32 which is convoluted to form an inductor, and a second T-shaped capacitive region 34 lying adjacent the earthed strip 30 , to be capacitively coupled therewith.
  • the earthed strip 30 is not strictly necessary, it being possible to capacitively couple directly with the vehicle body instead.
  • this is difficult to control, particularly where a screen is secured to the vehicle by means of adhesive, the presence of adhesive between the capacitive region 34 and the vehicle body substantially increasing the effective resistive loss associated with the reactance of the capacitance.
  • FIG. 3 A further alternative to the series-resonant circuit described with reference to FIG. 1 is shown in FIG. 3, which is potentially more space-efficient than the embodiment described in the last-preceding paragraph.
  • a conductive element 40 which constitutes a transmission line. This is disposed to extend for a length of 0.25 ⁇ , or 0.25 (1+2n) ⁇ where n is a positive integer, adjacent the vehicle body or a peripheral strip 30 , as described above.
  • This arrangement constitutes a tuned stub which is effectively a short circuit for those signals to which it is tuned.
  • busbars 10 it may be desirable to tune the busbars 10 to resonate close to the centre of the desires range of frequencies. This can be achieved by extending them as shown at 50 .
  • Optimisation can be further enhanced by providing capacitive coupling elements, such as those shown at 52 , to couple the receiving zone 22 to its surroundings.
  • elements ouch as those shown at 54 can be provided to adjust the phase of the signals within the receiving zone and so reduce losses due to circulating currents which may occur in the lower heating elements which are interconnected by the output element 26 .
  • the Smith chart of FIG. 5 shows the high standard of performance achievable with this embodiment normalised to 120 ⁇ .
  • connection point at which connection is made to the busbar 10 may not coincide with the point A.
  • these may be moved from point A while still retaining a low-impedance coupling at the aperture edge at this point the coupling being an image of the complex impedance presented at the connection point.

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